Easy Cracklin Cornbread

cracklings

🥗Healthier: chopped nuts

💰Cheaper: crispy bacon

Nuts add crunch with less fat than cracklings.

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: milk + vinegar

💰Cheaper: milk

Milk + vinegar mimics buttermilk's tang.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil adds flavor while being healthier.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is natural and can reduce refined sugar.

Set the oven to 400 degrees.

Melt 2 tablespoons of lard in the oven.

Pour 2 cups of cornmeal into a mixing bowl.

Add buttermilk until the mixture looks right.

Wait for the lard to heat up.

Pour half of the melted lard into the cornmeal mixture and stir.

Grease a deep cast iron pan with the remaining melted lard.

Pour the cornbread mixture into the greased pan.

Break up cracklings and lay them on top of the cornbread mixture.

Push the cracklings into the mixture with a spoon.

Bake in the oven for about 20-30 minutes until done.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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